Journalists x-ray the Digital era’s impact on freedom of expression, the safety of journalists and access to information at Press Freedom Day programme. One of the major highlights of the month-long programmes to celebrate the 2022 World Press Freedom Day organised by the Media Career Development Network with the support of the United States […]
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In line with the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, Breaking the bias, a group of female journalists in Rivers and some states in the Niger-Delta region is empowering members to excel in their careers. Known as ‘The Step-Up Media Network ‘, the group is a network community of focused, brilliant, vibrant female journalists
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is to establish a journalism training school to enhance the development of the profession in the country. The Managing Director of NAN, Mr. Buki Ponle, disclosed this during an interactive session with the Agency’s staff in Lagos on Wednesday. Ponle said that the proposed NAN journalism school would be located in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, where a
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How much impact did Media Career Development Network make in 2021? below is a review of our modest accomplishments. We appreciate all organisations and individuals who made them possible. Support for students journalists and campus media On Thursday, December 30, 2021, Precious Ewuji of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti won the Revelation of the Year
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The 30th edition of Diamond Awards for Media Excellence ( DAME) has been held with The Punch Newspaper and its staff winning the majority of the awards. Some other media houses including Premium Times, Guardian, TVC, Nigerian Tribune, New Telegraph won some categories. Among others, The Punch won the Newspaper of the Year and Editorial
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Abdulhaleem Ishaq-Ringim of the Ahamadu Bello University (ABU) who won the ‘Campus Journalist of the Year’ at the 2021 Campus Journalism Awards (CJA) organised by Youths Digest has said winning the award is a challenge to step up his writings. Ishaq-Ringim, who bagged the award at the ceremony held in Abuja on Saturday, 11th December,
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Femi Falana is not a journalist. He is a lawyer. This man from Ekiti State is indeed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN and an activist. But, when he mounted the podium on December 3, 2021, to speak on: “Assessing Media Performance in Consolidating Nigeria’s Democracy: Citizen’s Verdict and Outlining an Agenda for the Future”,
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The original design of Images of Women by @simplysphiedesign had the title Things Women Can Do Together. When it was shared by the Executive Director/CEO of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting (WSCIJ), Mrs. Motunrayo Alaka, on some female journalists groups I belonged as a media mentor, it occurred to me I could
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The Lagos 2021 Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) press week, which begins on Monday, October 18, will focus on crucial issues of national importance. Speaking Friday at LTV complex in Ikeja, Lagos, Adeleye Ajayi, chairman, Lagos State council who said that his administration assumed office November 26, 2020, amidst a very turbulent election, stated that
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Dayo Emmanuel, News Editor of National Wire writes on the founding and operations of the website owned by a group of journalists who used to work in a defunct newspaper and an IT professional. After over three years in the defunct Daily Newswatch Newspaper, a team of five journalists came together in 2016 to register
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